Daniel Williams
@danlwilliams.bsky.social
⚖️ I'd say my overriding political philosophy is "don't be a dick"
🧠 Former gifted kid, present-day ADHD burnout
🎮 Love: Video games, punk music, cats, and the Oxford comma
💻 Software Engineer (opinions are always my own)
🧠 Former gifted kid, present-day ADHD burnout
🎮 Love: Video games, punk music, cats, and the Oxford comma
💻 Software Engineer (opinions are always my own)
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
Sometimes I think people who dislike cats behave how people pretend vegans do. "How do you know someone doesn't like cats? Don't worry, they'll tell you!" It's so strange to make part of your personality the dislike of a small furry animal that mostly minds its own business
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Sometimes I think people who dislike cats behave how people pretend vegans do. "How do you know someone doesn't like cats? Don't worry, they'll tell you!" It's so strange to make part of your personality the dislike of a small furry animal that mostly minds its own business
This is a heartbreaking read, and really serves to highlight all of the ways our institutions continuously fail vulnerable young people, minor offenders, drug addicts, and how in fact the system is basically a pipeline from one of those things to the next.
When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong
The long read: I knew he was running away from something. It wasn’t until many years later that I discovered the truth
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November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This is a heartbreaking read, and really serves to highlight all of the ways our institutions continuously fail vulnerable young people, minor offenders, drug addicts, and how in fact the system is basically a pipeline from one of those things to the next.
I think that the BBC clearly has issues that desperately need addressing, but it cannot be overstated how valuable an impartial journalistic body is in principle. The BBC needs to have its independence restored so it can properly hold power to account.
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I think that the BBC clearly has issues that desperately need addressing, but it cannot be overstated how valuable an impartial journalistic body is in principle. The BBC needs to have its independence restored so it can properly hold power to account.
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In 2010, a scientist argued that 2.1 billion-year-old African specimens showed complex life appearing 500 million years ahead of schedule. His critics say they are — literally — fool's gold. At stake? The question of when and how complex life arose at all.
My cover story (!) for @sciam.bsky.social!
My cover story (!) for @sciam.bsky.social!
These Enigmatic ‘Fossils’ Could Rewrite the History of Life on Earth
Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought—and possibly more than once
www.scientificamerican.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In 2010, a scientist argued that 2.1 billion-year-old African specimens showed complex life appearing 500 million years ahead of schedule. His critics say they are — literally — fool's gold. At stake? The question of when and how complex life arose at all.
My cover story (!) for @sciam.bsky.social!
My cover story (!) for @sciam.bsky.social!
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Free speech & democracy.
He absolutely hates them.
He absolutely hates them.
Trump on President Xi: "During the meeting, he's here, and he's got about 6 people on each side. And every one of those people were at attention. And I made a comment to one of them and it got no response. And President Xi didn't let him. I said, I want my cabinet to behave like that."
November 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Free speech & democracy.
He absolutely hates them.
He absolutely hates them.
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School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
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Disgusting how many platforms this grifter has been given
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Disgusting how many platforms this grifter has been given
Literally what is he talking about
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Literally what is he talking about
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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1/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
I'm currently titrating on Medikinet and the combination of the hormone cocktail in my brain and the absolute nightmare that is current events is indescribably overwhelming. It's like the non-stop songs in my head have been replaced by screams and creepy children's laughter
October 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I'm currently titrating on Medikinet and the combination of the hormone cocktail in my brain and the absolute nightmare that is current events is indescribably overwhelming. It's like the non-stop songs in my head have been replaced by screams and creepy children's laughter
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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When you moan that ethnic minorities “won’t integrate” and then complain that TV adverts show integrated, mixed-race families, you’re not defending British culture — you’re just proving Schrödinger’s racism: minorities are wrong whether they fit in or not.
October 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
When you moan that ethnic minorities “won’t integrate” and then complain that TV adverts show integrated, mixed-race families, you’re not defending British culture — you’re just proving Schrödinger’s racism: minorities are wrong whether they fit in or not.
@pftompkins.bsky.social Just got done reading yet another thread of you unashamedly being a passionate, principled guy. I loved your work on BoJack, I think you're a really funny guy, and every time someone whose work I enjoy turns out to also be a good person it makes the world brighter. Thanks!
October 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
@pftompkins.bsky.social Just got done reading yet another thread of you unashamedly being a passionate, principled guy. I loved your work on BoJack, I think you're a really funny guy, and every time someone whose work I enjoy turns out to also be a good person it makes the world brighter. Thanks!
@robinince.bsky.social Nothing interesting to say except to see you on BlueSky posting in a way that validates my perception of you as an intelligent, affable and thoroughly decent guy, especially in a media landscape that is so often filled with the opposite, has brought a smile to my face!
October 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
@robinince.bsky.social Nothing interesting to say except to see you on BlueSky posting in a way that validates my perception of you as an intelligent, affable and thoroughly decent guy, especially in a media landscape that is so often filled with the opposite, has brought a smile to my face!
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Many of the 90 bodies of Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israeli authorities under the ceasefire deal showed signs of torture and execution, including blindfolds, cuffed hands and bullet wounds in the head, according to doctors’ accounts.
Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture and execution, say doctors
Almost all had been blindfolded and had gunshot wounds between the eyes, says medic at Nasser hospital in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Many of the 90 bodies of Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israeli authorities under the ceasefire deal showed signs of torture and execution, including blindfolds, cuffed hands and bullet wounds in the head, according to doctors’ accounts.
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Zack Polanski and Chlöe Swarbrick, co-leader of Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, discuss the similarities and differences of striving for fairer societies on opposite sides of the planet. Tonight on this week's episode of Bold Politics.
October 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Zack Polanski and Chlöe Swarbrick, co-leader of Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, discuss the similarities and differences of striving for fairer societies on opposite sides of the planet. Tonight on this week's episode of Bold Politics.
I mean there was just no way to see this coming
October 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I mean there was just no way to see this coming
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“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”
Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.
Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.
October 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”
Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.
Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.
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I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.
October 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.
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A record 1,611 people — including 11 children — died while homeless in 2024.
Both Labour and the Conservatives have failed to fix Britain’s housing crisis.
A home is not a privilege.
A home is a human right.
Both Labour and the Conservatives have failed to fix Britain’s housing crisis.
A home is not a privilege.
A home is a human right.
October 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A record 1,611 people — including 11 children — died while homeless in 2024.
Both Labour and the Conservatives have failed to fix Britain’s housing crisis.
A home is not a privilege.
A home is a human right.
Both Labour and the Conservatives have failed to fix Britain’s housing crisis.
A home is not a privilege.
A home is a human right.
It always baffles me how much we ignore the role oppression and alienation play in radicalisation. Hamas is only able to recruit in such large numbers because of the desperation of the populace. ISIS is able to recruit British Asians by exploiting their desire to belong because we alienate them.
October 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It always baffles me how much we ignore the role oppression and alienation play in radicalisation. Hamas is only able to recruit in such large numbers because of the desperation of the populace. ISIS is able to recruit British Asians by exploiting their desire to belong because we alienate them.
This is genuinely astonishing.
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This is genuinely astonishing.